Posted on 08/01/2018 7:17:07 PM PDT by dayglored
On September 30, 2014, Microsoft announced Windows 10, thus changing the firm's operating system as we know it. Windows was going to be serviced, rather than being refreshed every few years. We've learned since then that this means biannual feature updates, along with monthly (sometimes more often) cumulative updates.
Indeed, Microsoft was done competing with itself with new versions of Windows. On July 29, 2015, Windows 10 launched, and it was promised that there would never be a Windows 11. Here we are, exactly three years later, when we would normally see the next version of Microsoft's flagship OS.
Since then, there have been five feature updates, including versions 1511, 1607 (the Anniversary Update), 1703 (the Creators Update), 1709 (the Fall Creators Update), and 1803 (the April 2018 Update). Much has changed, and a lot of the OS looks completely different from when it started out.
I decided to take a look back, comparing the original version (1507) to version 1803. Most of the changes are good, although some aren't. A ton of features have been added, such as the Windows Subsystem for Linux, Windows Ink, and more.
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Easeus has cloning software the works with XP.
https://www.easeus.com/backup-software/tb-free.html
I have used Todo on Win 7 and Win 10 and it works perfectly. I clone the SSD in my Win 7 machine on a weekly basis. The clone always boots without problem.
That's exactly what I do.
I ditch the BS metro UI and go to a nice clean desktop with Classic Shell start menu and a few desktop icons.
It boots up slower than Win7, but once it's up it runs great -- fast and stable.
The only problems I have with Win10 are the user interface elements -- ugly, stupid, crippled, and too many damn clicks to do anything.
But as an operating system platform for applications, it rocks at least as well as Win7 Pro (which remains my favorite Windows edition overall).
Sorry, left out an important fact: Todo has a free version.
Cool, I should check that out. Thanks!
So far...as an early adopter of Win 10, I like it better than all previous versions.
It has its shortcomings, but overall I’m happy with it.
I like Windows 7, that’s why I got a new laptop before they disappeared.
Did not want 10.
Same here, but 8, now. Just had to mess with my wife's laptop with that abortion on it. Wanted to roll back to an earlier restore point, only to find MS deleted that feature! Suspect it does not exist on 10 either.
Apparently there is a work around, but why should you have to? Restore saved my but multiple times with my 7 Pro machines.
Loved XP when I had it, but employer upgraded to 7 and I adapted.
Went and bought a new laptop of my own with 7 before they became hard to find.
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I took them up on my free download to ten, hated the heck out of it and scrambled back to 7, as they said I could do. It wrecked my drivers.
When you install Windows 10, Microsoft assumes you no longer own or control that hardware.
been a disaster at work
LOL
learn the keyboard shortcuts and the real names of the key windows exe’s. It isn’t that hard.
NMCI just quarantined all workstations running Win 7 effective 1 Aug.
[[So how about the things we DO like about Win10?]]
I like that i don’t run it- does that count?
nm i see others said the same hting- disregard my post
I do exactly the same with the very same software. Once a week, too.
However, unlike you, I still like Windows 10. I also like the evolution I’m seeing over the years.
But then, in my office, I am running Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, and Windows 7. All my systems are made by me, except for the rack mount Dell PowerEdge R610. Running many Linux and Microsoft VMs.
But to each his own!
Happy computing, Bro!
Restore restore:
This has saved me once on Win 10.
Oh, that’s quite true: cmd, control, diskmgmt.msc, lusrmgr.msc, net ..., etc.
I always have a cmd window (aka DOS Prompt) open for exactly that reason.
I spend most of my day typing Linux commands at a Bash prompt in an xterm. When I get on Windows I would like to enjoy a graphical experience... which I can do in Win7 with relative ease. To get the same speed of productivity in Win10 I have to revert to DOS mode. That seems rather backwards, doesn’t it?
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